MG · Sete Lagoas immediate region

Santana do Riacho: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Santana do Riacho with 60.33% of valid votes against 39.67% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 20.67 points, 17.10 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −15.65pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 6,035; 496th largest electorate in Minas Gerais
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 1 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2022.

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Margin in percentage points of valid votes (right − left).

Municipality, state and Brazil

Right − left margin in the 2026 runoff, in percentage points.

Santana do Riacho−20.67 pts
Minas Gerais−0.87 pts
Brazil−3.57 pts

Negative = left ahead; positive = right ahead.

Margin over time

Right − left margin in each election (the runoff where there was one), compared with Brazil's.

Every election

Year	Round	Candidates (% of valid votes)	Margin (right − left)	Bloc ahead	Turnout
2026 10/25/2026	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.33% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)39.67%	−20.67 pts	Left bloc	75.82%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)53.48% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)38.43% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.22% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.31% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.52% Zema (NOVO)0.89% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Samara (UP)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−13.55 pts	Left bloc	73.77%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.57% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)37.43%	−25.15 pts	Left bloc	77.52%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.11% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)32.07% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.44% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.43% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.50% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.26% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.14% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−27.17 pts	Left bloc	76.41%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)51.55% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)48.45%	−3.09 pts	Left bloc	68.16%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)42.36% Fernando Haddad (PT)35.01% Ciro Gomes (PDT)11.44% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.95% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.77% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.34% Marina Silva (REDE)0.70% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.70% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.46% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.27% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	+4.79 pts	Right bloc	71.62%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)52.68% Dilma (PT)47.32%	+5.36 pts	Right bloc	70.34%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)51.34% Dilma (PT)39.23% Marina Silva (PSB)8.04% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.59% +6 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.43% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.25% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	+3.30 pts	Right bloc	74.20%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)72.62% José Serra (PSDB)27.38%	−45.24 pts	Left bloc	69.52%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)60.29% Marina Silva (PV)20.44% José Serra (PSDB)18.63% Plínio (PSOL)0.34% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.07% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07%	−62.41 pts	Left bloc	74.84%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)75.02% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)24.98%	−50.04 pts	Left bloc	74.44%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.14% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)33.18% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)5.20% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.99% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.24% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.16% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.08%	−32.66 pts	Left bloc	77.78%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)58.74% José Serra (PSDB)41.26%	−17.47 pts	Left bloc	70.64%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.08% José Serra (PSDB)33.68% Garotinho (PSB)11.40% Ciro (PPS)6.75% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10%	−32.64 pts	Left bloc	77.14%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)69.77% Lula (PT)15.72% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.69% Enéas (PRONA)2.36% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.15% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.81% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.61% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.54% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.40% Eymael (PSDC)0.40% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.34% Sirkis (PV)0.20%	+48.18 pts	Right bloc	80.83%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)78.23% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)12.99% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.50% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)2.50% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.29% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.20% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.86% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.43%	+72.29 pts	Right bloc	84.13%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

2002(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2014(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2018(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc

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Official TSE results by municipality (1994–2026); the 2026 runoff comes from the TSE's official results publication. Every municipality's index can be downloaded at /dados.